Hello!
Welcome to a brand-new prompt for the 2022 Card Challenge.
With this month's focus colour, we are really channelling the summer sunshine, or should that be trying to entice it out from behind the rain clouds?
Because the focus colour for July is: Yellow
And here is the prompt:
Here are a few ideas to get you started:
- Sunshine - feature the word sunshine on your card. If, like me, you have a lot of stamp sets that are rainbow themed, it's more than likely there will be a sentiment somewhere that includes this word, so why not use it?
- The sun - alternatively, feature the sun as a die cut, as some clever ink blending for a beach or sunset scene, as rays of colour projected out from behind a sentiment (I'm thinking of the Pinkfresh Studios Sunburst die/stamp here).
- When life gives you lemons - feature them on a card. Such a popular design element in summer scrapbook collections and stamp/die sets. They can make a really striking background when combined with foliage, branches and blossoms.
- Speaking of lemons... In my neck of the woods, THE summer ice cream is a Lemon Top. A Mr Whippy ice cream with a swirl of bright yellow lemon sorbet on top. Most delicious. Ice cream cones would make a great card theme, especially paired with a sentiment like "Treat yourself".
- Swirls - the lollipop reminds me that I have a loopy swirl border die that still needs using. This would make a great background when cut out multiple times from yellow and stuck down over a contrasting shade like grey... Think of the loopy swirl on an old school telephone, have you got one of those knocking about in your stash of ephemera?
- Polaroid frame - or indeed any frame. Great for really showcasing your sentiment, or you could use lots of different little frames (even mini embroidery hoops) to create a sort of gallery scene featuring little flowers/foliage, etc.
- Wildflowers - speaking of flowers, do you have any stickers or embellishments that have the look of pressed flowers? Perhaps you have dies that can create realistic looking wildflowers like poppies, daisies, cow parsley, sunflowers, etc. You could create a very simple and clean design with just this element and a stamped sentiment on rustic cream cardstock. Or even tie a bunch of flowers with some rustic twine.
- Big blooms - as always, big blooms are still a big trend in scrapbook collections. In a pinch, the right paper can do much of the work for you.
- Retro stems - the mustard stem print reminds me of Sanderson surface prints and to some extent Orla Kiely designs, failing that stems rather than florals could create a great dimensional background, or be used to create a wreath.
- Mesh texture/grid print - the mesh in the last photo on the right reminds me that I have an embossing folder that would fit the bill, and also a red rubber background stamp with a grid print that could be a very subtle background with a bit of selective inking... Not to mention, I'm sure I have grid prints in my box of pattern papers that must be over a decade old now. I think Basic Grey sometimes included a bit of a "grid" print on some of their paper designs.
- By the book - need a card for a book lover? Why not create a shelf of "book spines" using strips of cardstock in different shades, heat embossed with sentiments in different fonts to mimic the book title on the spine. Or if you have any book-themed papers or die sets, it would be the perfect time to use them. Alternatively, you could look at this element from the perspective of a writer, so go old school with a typewriter or other items of stationery. You could even sign the back of your work with "From the craft desk of...".
- Numbers - if it's not numbers you're going to feature (for a 2022 grad), that 1970 t-shirt print in the image could be replicated in your card design by scoring double lines above and below a sentiment to create an embossed/debossed border.
- Beyond summer - if summer isn't your bag, and you are already thinking about cooler September and autumnal times, then there's no reason you can't go with mushrooms, toadstools, leaves, acorns, squash and other elements that work so well with a whole array of yellow tones.
As always, happy crafting!
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